Windows 7 Beta....

Systems
Systems Posts: 14,873
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
Hello

I was wondering if any of you guys had any Windows 7 Beta discs you aren't using?

I thought I was on the mailing list to receive one of these but guess I thought wrong...

Am building another computer and wanted to put it on there to try it out a little.

Thanks
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited March 2009
    wish i hadn't rushed right into w7. i didn't realize there was no "uninstaller" that allows me to revert back to vista pro 64.

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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2009
    BIZILL wrote: »
    wish i hadn't rushed right into w7. i didn't realize there was no "uninstaller" that allows me to revert back to vista pro 64.

    Other than wanting to revert back how is it?... lol
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited March 2009
    i read many are satisfied. i find all sorts of internet related issues.

    lorthos, can't you download it via torrents, or do you not like that idea?

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2009
    There was a decent sized thread on it. I think Billbillw started it.

    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,206
    edited March 2009
    I love it. In my opinion much faster and better than Vista. I'm just hoping they come out with another beta or come out with the retail edition before it expires. Graphics are a bit better, the start menu and taskbar makes it easier to navigate between windows. I haven't ran into any driver or compatibility issues.

    If you have an extra partition or hard drive worth trying out.
    Setup:

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited March 2009
    I like it alot better than Vista, it's what Vista should have been in the first place.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,718
    edited March 2009
    The public Beta for Windows 7 is now closed. No more serials are being issued. A disc would only get you so far. You would need a valid serial # to activate the OS.

    FYI: You can download the iso file from any of the torrent tracker sites.
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited March 2009
    yo, maybe my windows seven install sucks because i installed over vista vs a clean install. maybe i'll back up my files and start from scratch...

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    bobman1235 wrote:
    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2009
    billbillw wrote: »
    The public Beta for Windows 7 is now closed. No more serials are being issued. A disc would only get you so far. You would need a valid serial # to activate the OS.

    FYI: You can download the iso file from any of the torrent tracker sites.

    Okay, I kinda figured that, was hoping maybe somebody had one they never used or installed or activated....

    Thanks
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2009
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I like it alot better than Vista, it's what Vista should have been in the first place.

    What improvements does it have? I was pleased to see symbolic and hard links FINALLY get to Windows in Vista. That is one huge plus. Although it is ironic that you can only do them in COMMAND LINE. :)

    http://techblissonline.com/vista-create-or-delete-ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlinks/

    3rd party GUI symlink tool: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,718
    edited March 2009
    Sami wrote: »
    What improvements does it have? I was pleased to see symbolic and hard links FINALLY get to Windows in Vista. That is one huge plus. Although it is ironic that you can only do them in COMMAND LINE. :)

    http://techblissonline.com/vista-create-or-delete-ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlinks/

    3rd party GUI symlink tool: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

    Its faster than Vista, It doesn't annoy the crap out of you with warning pop-ups, and it has some innovations to the task bar that help clean things up, although, it takes some getting used to.

    I used Windows 7 for about 2-3 weeks straight, then got fed up with a few minor bugs and went back to my XP64bit. I'm sure once the get all the bugs worked out, it will be a very fine OS.
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